Faithful and remembering God,
we come into the shelter of your love
with all our sadnesses and questions,
all our longing and mourning,
on this Remembrance Sunday.

Thank you that in Christ,
you grieve with us in our loss
and stay beside us in our pain.

We do not understand why good people have died,
while war and hatred still flourish;
nor why the innocent have suffered,
while arrogance and evil triumph;
so please help us to see the bigger picture,
revealed in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus,
who gave us the sure promise of heaven
and the certain hope of your coming kingdom,
when, as Prince of Peace, he will reign in this world,
beginning with his rule in our hearts.
Amen